Indian vice president visits Armenian Genocide memorial in YerevanApril 25, 2017 - 13:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Indian vice president Mohammad Hamid Ansari on Tuesday, April 25 visited Tsitsernakaberd the Armenian Genocide memorial in Yerevan. Meeting the Indian official at Zvartnots international airport was Armenian foreign minister Edward Nalbandian. At Tsitsernakaberd, Ansari paid tribute to the memory of the 1.5 million victims of the first genocide of the 20th century, visited the Armenian Genocide Museum-Institute and left a note in the memory book. Also, the vice president planted a fir tree in Tsitsernakaberd's Alley of Memory. During his three-day visit to Armenia, Ansari will meet with president Serzh Sargsyan, prime minister Karen Karapetyan, as well as foreign minister Nalbandian. Top stories The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Michael Roth believes sanctions must be put on the table after Baku‘s ethnic cleansing in Nagorno-Karabakh. The Yerevan City Council has elected Tigran Avniyan from the ruling Civil Contract as the mayor of the Armenian capital. The Armenian Parliament on Tuesday, October 3 voted to ratify the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Partner news | Biden honors resilience of Armenian people on April 24 U.S. President Joe Biden has issued a statement on the 109th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide. Ex-Karabakh leader moved to solitary confinement cell in Baku, his son says David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. Macron says France commemorates 109th anniv. of Armenian genocide Today France commemorates the 109th anniversary of the Armenian genocide of 1915, Macron says. Freedom House concerned by mounting reports of police violence in Armenia Freedom House urged Armenian authorities to investigate this pattern of excessive force and inhumane treatment. |